"The Affective Legacy of Silent Spring"
Alex Lockwood tries to measure the importance of Rachel Carson’s work in its affective influence on contemporary environmental writing across the humanities.
Alex Lockwood tries to measure the importance of Rachel Carson’s work in its affective influence on contemporary environmental writing across the humanities.
In this essay (updated in 2019), Bron Taylor offers background about the events that gave rise to the Earth First! movement and reviews some of the watershed moments in its history, including its print publications.
Wild Earth 4, no. 3 features Canadian forests at risk, an activist’s guide to Central Appalachian forests, citizen involvement in mining issues, a proposal for a Thoreau Regional Wilderness in northern Maine.
This paper explores the context of environmental justice (EJ) in Scotland, and presents a case study whereby the main attributes for an indicator of EJ were identified, encompassing procedural and distributive aspects of justice.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 1 David Abram rediscovers our animal senses, Stephanie Kaza analyzes assumptions and stereotypes about human-nature relations, Connie Barlow reflects on the epic of evolution, and Christopher Manes reflects on a meaningful relationship with the wild.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 2 Doug Peacock presents his field report on the Yellowstone bison slaughter, Reed Noss writes about endangered major ecosystems of the United States, and Virginia Abernethy analyzes if and how population growth discourages environmentally sound behavior.
Wild Earth 7, no. 4 features provocative essays on population extinction and the biodiversity crisis, how immigration threatens America’s natural environment, the costs of affluence and consumption, and a technological imperative.
Wild Earth 8, no. 2 features articles on the connections between philanthropy and nature preservation and on the history of land protection in the US, as well as profiles of conservation heroes Howard Zahniser and Mardy Murie.
Wild Earth 8, no. 3 features articles on the relationship between agriculture and biodiversity as well as an examination of whether conservation biology needs natural history. The issue also provides updates on the Wildlands Project.
Wild Earth 9, no. 1 features essays on wilderness and spirituality. They center around two slogans: “Rewilding Ourselves” and “Rewilding the Land.”